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Eutelsat Selects Thales Alenia Space to Build a New Flexible Software-Defined Satellite

December 1, 2022 – Eutelsat has selected Thales Alenia to build a next-generation highly flexible, software-defined satellite (SDS). The Flexsat (for flexible satellite) will be based on Thales Alenia Space’s cutting-edge ‘Space Inspire’ (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) product line, enabling seamless reconfiguration and instant in-orbit adjustment to offer an optimum level of customer service, maximising…

INTEGRASYS Starts a New Project: Space4Green

December 1, 2022 – The new project coordinated by INTEGRASYS, Space4Green, started on November 23rd with a kick-off meeting in Seville, where the team had the opportunity to present their well-anticipated software solution. They exposed the objectives and the overall idea of the project, which has been carefully curated with other 9 European businesses, composed…

Vocus Signs Agreement with SpaceX to Provide Starlink Business to Customers

November 30, 2022 – Vocus, Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider, has signed an agreement with SpaceX to offer Starlink Business, powered by satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), to Australian enterprise and civil government customers. To be sold as Vocus Satellite – Starlink, the solution provides premium installation or the option of self…

Arianespace Ariane 6 to Launch Intelsat Satellites

November 30, 2022 – Arianespace signed a contract with longtime customer Intelsat to launch two satellite payloads, IS-41 and IS-44, using the heavy-lift Ariane 64 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2025. This agreement repurposes a previous launch contract and adds one additional satellite. Thales Alenia Space is manufacturing the IS-41 and IS-44 satellites,…

Successful Launch of EUTELSAT 10B: A Satellite Bringing New Inflight and Maritime Connectivity Services

November 23, 2022 – Eutelsat has announced that the EUTELSAT 10B satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by SpaceX using a Falcon 9 expendable rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 21.57 pm Eastern time on November. Built by Thales Alenia Space, EUTELSAT 10B is an all-electric satellite based on…

MEASAT Migrates Manila Broadcasting Company onto MEASAT-3d

November 23, 2022 – MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”) has begun migrating Manila Broadcasting Company (“MBC”) stations onto its latest MEASAT-3d satellite. This makes MBC the first media organisation in the Philippines to broadcast through the new state-of-the-art satellite. Today, MBC is the largest broadcast network in Asia, with over 200 stations throughout the Philippines archipelago.…

EchoStar and Maxar Amend Agreement for Hughes JUPITER 3 Satellite Production

November 22, 2022 – EchoStar Corporation announced an amended agreement with Maxar Technologies for production of the EchoStar XXIV satellite, also known as JUPITER™ 3. The satellite, designed for EchoStar’s Hughes Network Systems division, is under production at Maxar’s facility in Palo Alto, CA. The amended agreement compensates EchoStar for past production delays by providing…

NASA, Japan Announce Gateway Contributions, Space Station Extension

November 18, 2022 – NASA and the Government of Japan on November 17 announced further contributions by Japan to Gateway, a key component of the agency’s Artemis missions for long-term lunar exploration. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated virtually from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in an event held in Tokyo that included Minister…

Kacific and Telikom Limited Solidify Partnership, Focus on Further Expansion in Papua New Guinea

November 17, 2022 – Telikom Limited is working with Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) to expand Telikom Limited’s network and back up its fibre network. The strategic partnership agreement will also allow Telikom Limited to expand Kacific’s Gigstarter services across all parts of Papua New Guinea, further enhancing the country’s digital upgrade. With a decades-long…

NASA Awards SpaceX Second Contract Option for Artemis Moon Landing

November 16, 2022 – NASA has awarded a contract modification to SpaceX to further develop its Starship human landing system to meet agency requirements for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis. With this addition, SpaceX will provide a second crewed landing demonstration mission in 2027 as part of NASA’s Artemis IV mission. Known…